#C457C8#C457C8

#C457C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.195 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C457C8
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 200)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(298, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 56.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 58.64, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 70.55, 326.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1616 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.195 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5977, 22.7244, 57.0909)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C457C8 #5BC857

analogous

#8C57C8 #C457C8 #C85794

triadic

#C457C8 #C8C457 #57C8C4

tetradic

#C457C8 #C88C57 #5BC857 #5794C8

square

#C457C8 #C88C57 #5BC857 #5794C8

split-complementary

#C457C8 #94C857 #57C88C

monochromatic

#79297C #A638AA #C457C8 #D485D7 #E4B3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C457C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C457C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C457C8

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C457C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C457C8	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c457c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.195 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cd9',
    500: '#c457c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c457c8;
$custom-light: #d98cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c457c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.876,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63492,
    "c": 0.19451,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C457C8

secondary

#A8D5A6

accent

#DA4E53

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C457C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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